[OMC VOTE PROPOSAL] macOS ARM64 Support in OpenSSL 1.1.1 LTS

Kurt Roeckx kurt at roeckx.be
Fri Nov 27 12:01:38 UTC 2020


On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:42:44PM +0100, Felix Bünemann wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
> 
> > Am 26.11.2020 um 18:57 schrieb Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>:
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 09:17:13PM +0100, Felix Bünemann wrote:
> >> 
> >> It is also unique cause it requires no code changes to support a new platform.
> > 
> > In a previous discussion we have talked about when a platform can
> > be added in an LTS release. I think that in general if it's only
> > configuration changes and there is a very low risk that it's going
> > to have issues requiring other changes, we should allow it.
> 
> Do you have a link to that discussion?

It was in one of our online meetings, that resulted in the LTS+
proposal.

> If there is a prior example where this has happened I should also remove the
> statement that it is a unique case and mention the prior incident instead.

As far as I know, there are no examples where we have allowed
adding a platform in the stable release branch.


Kurt



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